"Innovations in Assessment: Vanderbilt's Role in the International Conversation"

Kim Lomis, M.D. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education

Professor, Medical Education and Administration

Professor, Department of Surgery

Keynote Address:

12:00 - 1:00 pm - Medical Center East 8380 A-B

Breakout Sessions:

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Session 1: Competency-Based Assessments (CBA) 101: Participants will engage in activities that promote their understanding of CBA and how to begin the process of implementing CBA using milestones/competencies and entrustable professional activities (EPA).

Session 2: Competency-Based Assessments - Implementing and Determining Outcomes: This session is geared toward more advanced users of CBA. Participants will identify current and best practices, highlight successful program implementations and overcoming challenges.

Physicians for Human Rights would like to invite you to a documentary screening & discussion about mental health and incarceration in America. We will watch "The Released," a Frontline documentary as described below:

"This year, hundreds of thousands of prisoners with serious mental illnesses will be released into communities across America, the largest exodus in the nation’s history. Typically, mentally ill offenders leave prison with a bus ticket, $75 and two weeks worth of medication. Within eighteen months, nearly two-thirds are re-arrested. In this follow-up to the groundbreaking film The New Asylums, FRONTLINE examines what happens to the mentally ill when they leave prison and why they return at such alarming rates."

We hope you'll join us for a night of good discussion! Pizza will be provided for those who RSVP.

Vanderbilt offers a graduate degree program for the part time adult student: the Master of Liberal Arts & Science (MLAS) Program. Pursue your love of learning, plan your own course of study, and satisfy your intellectual curiosity within a community of lifelong learners at Vanderbilt’s College of Arts & Science.

Designed with the working professional, this part-time graduate degree program holds classes on weekday evenings and offers courses throughout the year. This program is a flexible, interdisciplinary course of study.

Join us Monday, December 12th, in 203 Cohen Memorial Hall. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the MLAS program and the courses that will be offered this Spring. Enjoy light refreshments, meet current MLAS students and the faculty that will teach the courses. The Fine Arts Gallery will be open too, you can view their current exhibit.

On Monday, December 12, the Orthopaedic Interest Group will hold an informational meeting to guide students interested in orthopaedics in the process of applying for away rotations. We will be able to answer any questions students may have.

Are you interested in pursuing a career that extends beyond clinical duties? Do you want to learn how to balance a career in anesthesiology with research, global health, or another interest you have? If so, please attend "Anesthesia: Beyond the OR"! We will have a panel of attending physicians who participate extensively in research, global health, policy/advocacy, education, and quality improvement projects present to discuss how their extra-clinical interests fit in with their clinical duties in anesthesiology. Come hear more about why anesthesia is a great specialty for pursuing your other passions and ask any questions you might have about anesthesiology!

Our program is fortunate to have a local Community Advisory Board (CAB) composed of men and women who form an important link between the researchers, the volunteers and the community at large. Working with the staff, CAB members help us to keep the consent forms in terms that are scientifically accurate and in language that non-medical people can understand. Its input into recruitment and retention of volunteers is a major contribution to the vaccine effort.

The CAB meets at 5:30 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the fifth floor conference room at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks located at 719 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN 37204.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks from 8:00 to 11:30 am, December 15, 2016 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, TB, and Varicella vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Here we sing a cool variety of student written songs arranged for a cappella. The group is composed of students from the medical, nursing, audiology, and other professional schools, as well as open to residents and attendings. We perform throughout the year in the community, on campus, and in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. New and old members are always welcome to attend. We meet every Thursday at 6-7pm in Light Hall 208 unless otherwise noted!

Email glenn.r.harris@vanderbilt.edu or kaitiegeck@gmail.com if interested in singing, or if you would like us to sing for one of your events.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at Williamson County from 9:00 to 10:00 am, December 16, 2016 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, TB, and Varicella vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Participate in programs to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at Williamson County from 10:30 to 11:30 am, December 16, 2016 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, TB, and Varicella vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Participate in programs to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

James Berger, Johns Hopkins University and National Academy of Sciences

Lecture title is To Be Determined.

Laboratory research focuses on understanding how multi-unit assemblies use ATP for overcoming topological challenges within the chromosome and controlling the flow of genetic information. Of particular interest: developing mechanistic models that explain how macromolecular machines transduce chemical energy into force and motion; determining how cells exploit these complexes and their activities for regulating the initiation of DNA replication, chromosome superstructure, and other essential nucleic acid transactions. Focus in on structural, biochemical, and biophysical methods to define the architecture, function, evolution, and regulation of biological complexes. Also, extensive interest in mechanistic enzymology and the study of small-molecule inhibitors of therapeutic potential, development of chemical approaches to trapping weak protein/protein and protein/nucleic acid interactions, and in using microfluidics for biochemical investigations of protein dynamics and structure.

Sheryl Brynne Fleisch, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bedside Matters is a relatively new venture for VUMC. This is a forum that is intended to be for you, the front line workers, to help you deal with some of the difficult personal and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients. We hope that it will lead to strengthened relationships between patients and care givers and that it will help to preserve the human connection in healthcare.

We meet in Light Hall, from 12-1. The meetings are scheduled monthly on the third Wednesday. Since we are meeting at this hour, feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. CME credits are available by signing up on the sign in sheets at the live event. CEU’s are available as well.

Bedside Matters is an outgrowth of the Schwartz Rounds, formerly held monthly in the Oncology Center. Drs. Malcolm Arnold and Barbara Murphy and social worker Cindy Tinker have for many years supported that effort, and are to be commended for it. They have graciously agreed that it could be renamed and repurposed so that all of VUMC might be able to participate in it. We have programs that include discussion of patients and situations arising from many areas of VUMC, including VUH, the clinics, and Children’s Hospital and the Psychiatric Hospital. If any of you have an interest in participating in the planning of future meetings please contact me, and we will be glad to include you.

What are we about here? We intend for these rounds to help focus our attention on the delivery of compassionate healthcare. Financial pressures and administrative demands mean that you have less time with patients, and the focus on timely treatment and shortened length of stay results in less time to discern the impact that illness can have on the patient and family. On top of that, many caregivers today are frustrated and anxious and under great pressure, with no structured outlet for expressing their feelings, or with little preparation for the difficult communication issues that are inevitably a part of patient care. These rounds offer a regularly scheduled time to discuss openly and honestly the social and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients and families. In contrast to the typical rounds the focus here is on the human dimensions of medicine. You, as care-givers, have an opportunity to share your experiences, thoughts, and feelings on thought-provoking topics drawn from actual patient cases. As a result of participating in Bedside Matters we believe that caregivers will be better equipped to form meaningful, personal connections with patients and colleagues, and they will have greater insights into their own responses and feelings.

Usually a panel of 4 or 5 people each present an aspect of the case from their point of view. After the presentations by the panelists we will open it up to questions and comments from the audience. Please be respectful of the comments expressed by others. Be open-minded and fully present for the discussion. Be honest and express whatever is on your mind. Listen to where others are coming from and what they are saying. Be willing to hear an opinion that is different from your own. And finally, what is said in the room, stays in the room. Maintain a focus on improving your own performance and that of the organization and the work of your team.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available with the Late Night Cart from 6:00 to 10:00 pm, December 21, 2016 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, TB, and Varicella vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

To page the nurse providing immunizations, please call 615-831-4722 during the hours of 6-10 p.m

Participate in programs to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks from 8:00 to 11:30 am, December 22, 2016 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, TB, and Varicella vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks from 8:00 to 11:30 am, December 29, 2016 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, TB, and Varicella vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

A support group allows people to share information and openly discuss their problems without judgment, to process their feelings, and to hear others talk about their situation. Participation can help people deal more effectively with their problems. The main thing support groups provide is the feeling that you are not alone. No RSVP required.

Literature, Arts, & Medicine is pleased to host the Cultural Series, a monthly creative performance lunch hour, this Thursday, January 5, from 12-1pm in LH 208. Please come enjoy performances in music, dance, literary readings, art, and more by friends and colleagues.

Sign up here if you would like to perform or showcase your art this month or any future month! Impromptu performances are always welcome, so feel free to perform something at the end even if you didn’t sign up ahead of time.

All are welcome, and food and beverage is provided. If you can't make the event but would like to watch online in real-time or after the event, please check out this Mediasite link!

The new VUSN Dean's Diversity Lecture Series explores the diversity of backgrounds, cultures, ideas and viewpoints in our world today. It seeks to equip students, faculty, staff and other community members with the knowledge and understanding needed to lead nursing forward in a global society.

Hear from Rear Admiral SylviaTrent-Adams, Ph.D., FAAN, Deputy Surgeon General of the United States. Part of the VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture Series

Bedside Matters is a relatively new venture for VUMC. This is a forum that is intended to be for you, the front line workers, to help you deal with some of the difficult personal and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients. We hope that it will lead to strengthened relationships between patients and care givers and that it will help to preserve the human connection in healthcare.

We meet in Light Hall, from 12-1. The meetings are scheduled monthly on the third Wednesday. Since we are meeting at this hour, feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. CME credits are available by signing up on the sign in sheets at the live event. CEU’s are available as well.

Bedside Matters is an outgrowth of the Schwartz Rounds, formerly held monthly in the Oncology Center. Drs. Malcolm Arnold and Barbara Murphy and social worker Cindy Tinker have for many years supported that effort, and are to be commended for it. They have graciously agreed that it could be renamed and repurposed so that all of VUMC might be able to participate in it. We have programs that include discussion of patients and situations arising from many areas of VUMC, including VUH, the clinics, and Children’s Hospital and the Psychiatric Hospital. If any of you have an interest in participating in the planning of future meetings please contact me, and we will be glad to include you.

What are we about here? We intend for these rounds to help focus our attention on the delivery of compassionate healthcare. Financial pressures and administrative demands mean that you have less time with patients, and the focus on timely treatment and shortened length of stay results in less time to discern the impact that illness can have on the patient and family. On top of that, many caregivers today are frustrated and anxious and under great pressure, with no structured outlet for expressing their feelings, or with little preparation for the difficult communication issues that are inevitably a part of patient care. These rounds offer a regularly scheduled time to discuss openly and honestly the social and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients and families. In contrast to the typical rounds the focus here is on the human dimensions of medicine. You, as care-givers, have an opportunity to share your experiences, thoughts, and feelings on thought-provoking topics drawn from actual patient cases. As a result of participating in Bedside Matters we believe that caregivers will be better equipped to form meaningful, personal connections with patients and colleagues, and they will have greater insights into their own responses and feelings.

Usually a panel of 4 or 5 people each present an aspect of the case from their point of view. After the presentations by the panelists we will open it up to questions and comments from the audience. Please be respectful of the comments expressed by others. Be open-minded and fully present for the discussion. Be honest and express whatever is on your mind. Listen to where others are coming from and what they are saying. Be willing to hear an opinion that is different from your own. And finally, what is said in the room, stays in the room. Maintain a focus on improving your own performance and that of the organization and the work of your team.

Dr. Megan Simmons, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt School of Nursing, will address mental and emotional health in older adults. In this session you will learn about the epidemiology and clinical definitions of depression and anxiety disorders, the most common presentation of symptoms in older adults, and treatment options and resources available for older adults experiencing symptoms.

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies and You, a prenatal education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care. Educational sessions on various topics are offered monthly. Upon completion of the program, $50 for your new baby will be added to your paycheck from Babies & You.

The Office of Medical Student Research provides this space for researchers and medical students to “connect” which we hope leads to future collaborations through our Research Connections event. Each participating department/lab/researcher has a table and space to hang a poster about their work. Students have the opportunity to navigate and enter into discussions about possible research opportunities.

The Inquiry Program at Vanderbilt includes a four year research experience with 3-6 months of protected research time during the 3rd and 4th years of medical school. Preparatory coursework is provided in the first two years to provide a standard set of research training and education. While the protected research time occurs later in the curriculum, students may approach mentors as early as their first year of medical school to begin integrating into the research group. Please see our website for more details on our curriculum.

Literature, Arts, & Medicine is pleased to host the Cultural Series, a monthly creative performance lunch hour, this Thursday, February 2 from 12-1pm in LH 208. Please come enjoy performances in music, dance, literary readings, art, and more by friends and colleagues.

Sign up here if you would like to perform or showcase your art this month or any future month! Impromptu performances are always welcome, so feel free to perform something at the end even if you didn’t sign up ahead of time.

All are welcome, and food and beverage is provided. If you can't make the event but would like to watch online in real-time or after the event, please check out this Mediasite link!

With nearly 100% attendance, first-year students participate in an opportunity to learn about different specialties through a “Speed Dating” event.

Residents and attending physicians from many different specialties – encompassing representatives from both Vanderbilt and community practices - are invited to the medical school to present their respective specialties. Prior to the event, medical students are provided a “little black book” containing basic information about each specialty such as match requirements, residency length, sub-specialization options, and salary data. They are also provided sample questions to assist each interaction. In groups of two to three, students rotate through a series of “dates” lasting 3-4 minutes. The relative brevity provides an appropriate amount of time to develop an impression of the physicians and specialty while still allowing for exposure to a large number of careers.

The speed-dating portion of the evening concludes once each student has met with all the representatives in attendance. At this time the students have the opportunity to go on a longer “date” with 3 specialties of their choosing. These longer, 20-minute sessions involve groups of 10-15 students who learn more about the selected field and begin the process of developing professional relationships. Many of these interactions have resulted in future mentorship and research projects.

Careers in Medicine will host its annual Specialty Speed Dating event to give VMSIs the opportunity to learn about various specialties from Vanderbilt's residents and attendings. VMSIIs and above who are still considering multiple specialties will also have an opportunity to talk in more depth about career decisions with attendings in a separate session.

A support group allows people to share information and openly discuss their problems without judgment, to process their feelings, and to hear others talk about their situation. Participation can help people deal more effectively with their problems. The main thing support groups provide is the feeling that you are not alone.

This is a house wide skin assessment survey conducted to determine the number of patients that have pressure ulcers at a single point in time. It is a quality initiative that provides useful information of how we are doing in preventing pressure ulcers , as well as how well we are documenting when patients are admitted with pressure ulcers.

Bedside Matters is a relatively new venture for VUMC. This is a forum that is intended to be for you, the front line workers, to help you deal with some of the difficult personal and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients. We hope that it will lead to strengthened relationships between patients and care givers and that it will help to preserve the human connection in healthcare.

We meet in Light Hall, from 12-1. The meetings are scheduled monthly on the third Wednesday. Since we are meeting at this hour, feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. CME credits are available by signing up on the sign in sheets at the live event. CEU’s are available as well.

Bedside Matters is an outgrowth of the Schwartz Rounds, formerly held monthly in the Oncology Center. Drs. Malcolm Arnold and Barbara Murphy and social worker Cindy Tinker have for many years supported that effort, and are to be commended for it. They have graciously agreed that it could be renamed and repurposed so that all of VUMC might be able to participate in it. We have programs that include discussion of patients and situations arising from many areas of VUMC, including VUH, the clinics, and Children’s Hospital and the Psychiatric Hospital. If any of you have an interest in participating in the planning of future meetings please contact me, and we will be glad to include you.

What are we about here? We intend for these rounds to help focus our attention on the delivery of compassionate healthcare. Financial pressures and administrative demands mean that you have less time with patients, and the focus on timely treatment and shortened length of stay results in less time to discern the impact that illness can have on the patient and family. On top of that, many caregivers today are frustrated and anxious and under great pressure, with no structured outlet for expressing their feelings, or with little preparation for the difficult communication issues that are inevitably a part of patient care. These rounds offer a regularly scheduled time to discuss openly and honestly the social and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients and families. In contrast to the typical rounds the focus here is on the human dimensions of medicine. You, as care-givers, have an opportunity to share your experiences, thoughts, and feelings on thought-provoking topics drawn from actual patient cases. As a result of participating in Bedside Matters we believe that caregivers will be better equipped to form meaningful, personal connections with patients and colleagues, and they will have greater insights into their own responses and feelings.

Usually a panel of 4 or 5 people each present an aspect of the case from their point of view. After the presentations by the panelists we will open it up to questions and comments from the audience. Please be respectful of the comments expressed by others. Be open-minded and fully present for the discussion. Be honest and express whatever is on your mind. Listen to where others are coming from and what they are saying. Be willing to hear an opinion that is different from your own. And finally, what is said in the room, stays in the room. Maintain a focus on improving your own performance and that of the organization and the work of your team.

This session is necessary for those who are caregivers, have been caregivers, or will be caregivers. Balancing family, business, work, and personal needs can lead to imbalance and the perception of unfulfillment. Katherine Y. Brown, Occupational Therapist, with Vanderbilt Home Care Services, will provide valuable skills for time management to maximize quality of life.

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies and You, a prenatal education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care. Educational sessions on various topics are offered monthly. Upon completion of the program, $50 for your new baby will be added to your paycheck from Babies & You.

Dr. Sandra F. Simmons, PhD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University. She is based at the Center for Quality Aging, which focuses on research to improve the quality of care and quality of life for older adults with and without dementia. The Pat Summitt Foundation funded the Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging to produce a guide along with general tips on what you need to know when choosing a nursing home or assisted living care environment for someone you love.

Literature, Arts, & Medicine is pleased to host the Cultural Series, a monthly creative performance lunch hour, this Thursday, March 2 from 12-1pm in LH 208. Please come enjoy performances in music, dance, literary readings, art, and more by friends and colleagues.

Sign up here if you would like to perform or showcase your art this month or any future month! Impromptu performances are always welcome, so feel free to perform something at the end even if you didn’t sign up ahead of time.

All are welcome, and food and beverage is provided. If you can't make the event but would like to watch online in real-time or after the event, please check out this Mediasite link!

A support group allows people to share information and openly discuss their problems without judgment, to process their feelings, and to hear others talk about their situation. Participation can help people deal more effectively with their problems. The main thing support groups provide is the feeling that you are not alone.

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies and You, a prenatal education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care. Educational sessions on various topics are offered monthly. Upon completion of the program, $50 for your new baby will be added to your paycheck from Babies & You.

A support group allows people to share information and openly discuss their problems without judgment, to process their feelings, and to hear others talk about their situation. Participation can help people deal more effectively with their problems. The main thing support groups provide is the feeling that you are not alone.

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies and You, a prenatal education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care. Educational sessions on various topics are offered monthly. Upon completion of the program, $50 for your new baby will be added to your paycheck from Babies & You.

This is a house wide skin assessment survey conducted to determine the number of patients that have pressure ulcers at a single point in time. It is a quality initiative that provides useful information of how we are doing in preventing pressure ulcers , as well as how well we are documenting when patients are admitted with pressure ulcers.

A support group allows people to share information and openly discuss their problems without judgment, to process their feelings, and to hear others talk about their situation. Participation can help people deal more effectively with their problems. The main thing support groups provide is the feeling that you are not alone.

A support group allows people to share information and openly discuss their problems without judgment, to process their feelings, and to hear others talk about their situation. Participation can help people deal more effectively with their problems. The main thing support groups provide is the feeling that you are not alone.

Through the exceptional capabilities and caring spirit of its people, Vanderbilt will lead in improving the healthcare of individuals and communities regionally, nationally and internationally. We will combine our transformative learning programs and compelling discoveries to provide distinctive personalized care.